March 7/11 11:10 am - Tirreno-Adriatico Releases Start List

Posted by Editoress on 03/7/11

The first major italian stage race of the season, Tirreno-Adriatico, has released the final start list for the week-long race, which begins on Wednesday. A stellar field will participate, including world champion Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo), Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad), Cadel Evans and George Hincapie (BMC), Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Cannondale), Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and the Leopard-Trek duo of Fabian Cancellara and Andy Schleck. There are no Canadians in the race, with Ryder Hesjedal heading Garmin-Cervelo's squad at Paris-Nice, instead.